Though the number of wires doubled the number of connector pins and the pinout remain the same as 40 conductor cables and the external appearance of the connectors is identical.
40 wire ide cable speed.
A comparison of the wires used in 80 conductor and 40 conductor cables.
The red marking on wire 1 is still present but hard to see in this photo 3.
Parallel ata only allows data cable lengths up to 18 in 457 mm while sata allows cable lengths up to 1 m 3 28 ft.
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The difference between this 80 wire cable and the normal 40 wire ide cable is that it includes a ground wire between each.
If your optical drives are old then you can put both on the 40 wire cable and both hdds on the 80.
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But yes eckslax is also right.
The difference is between the pins 2 wires per pin instead of one.
As for the connectors they are exactly the same for both 40 pins.
Using a 40 pin cable with a properly designed ata 133 controller will force it into ata 33 mode.
Trash the 40 wire cables and replace them.
Comparison between ata cables.
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Hard drives need a cable connection for data and one for power.
Esata cables can be 2 m in length.
This is why ata 66 and higher hard disks require a special 80 wire cable.
Comparison between 40 pin and 80 pin ide ata data cables.
Ribbon cables are too cheap to mess with.
Ata 66 and higher requires the 80 pin cable.
Ide consists of a 40 pin connector attached to a ribbon cable.
I am trying to size wire for a cable i m making and the ballpark awg for 40 pin ide is helpful no ide cables will be harmed in the making of this cable.
On both cases the connector is intended for 40 pin devices.
Standard 40 conductor ide ata cables in many ways the cable is the weak link in the ide ata interface.
It was originally designed for very slow hard disks that transferred less than 5 mb s not the high speed devices of today.
Flat ribbon cables have no insulation or protection from electromagnetic interference.